I've just sold a 52 SEAT Toledo SE and bought a Fabia VRS but have lost a few toys in the switch over (gained power though).

I thought that the audio in my Toledo was good but in the VRS its not so good.

What is the general opinion on the standard CD headunit and the speakers?

If it is accepted that it is poor then i'd think about replacing the speakers for same sized better ones and a better headunit

Thanks

I thought it was alright for OEM stuff

Its not bad tbh.

Pretty good bass, tweeters arent great.

I've got my Infinity basslink in the boot, all the music faded to the front two speakers which I have running off an external amp at 35wrms.

Thats standard speakers btw.

Sounds alright, will probably put some JBL's in at some point but does me fine.

The oem stuff is quite good, but i changed the head unit on mine, and it made quite a difference, and thats running through the standard speakers

The quality is good enough for my usage, but although i'm not a hi-fi fanatic i can see that it isn't the best. However it isn't the worst either...

The speakers are very good I think, I just changed the head unit for a nice JVC DAB radio and it sounds great.

Thanks for the comments. I pick my VRS up next week and my opinion was only based on the test drive where I was concentrating hard on not running anyone over or crashing (nice torque!). Seems like its worth keeping standard speakers then.

i think the OEM stuff is dreadfull

You've obviously never been in a Ford circa 1998-2003!

I have no quibbles with the sound system in my vRS, it's perfect and no need for me to go overboard with a sub or anything.

I know what you mean about the ford stereo's they are dreadful and huge!

Davy

i think the OEM stuff is dreadfull

:iagree:

It's not that bad once you've fitted a decent headunit. I added a 12" sub to mine as well, but that's because I like hearing the kick drum in a song.

for OEM it's not too bad. The OEM HU and speakers in the mk1Octi vrs is another story entirely.

My only real grumble with the Fabia vrs HU is poor radio reception in certain areas. Before anyone says anything I know its the HU, I can listen to all radio stations programmed into my HU (mk1 Octi OEM) while sat on my drive at home however my wifes fabia vrs doesn't pickup any reception at all on our drive. This doesn't just apply to our drive either.

IMO

Though it's not rubbish... The HU is OK but lacks EQ. The amp lacks "balls". There's a lack of mid-bass and bass.

Main problem I have found is not with the factory ICE. It's the high road noise that the Fabia VRS tends to generate on normal tarmac or god-forbid concrete.

J.

for OEM it's not too bad. The OEM HU and speakers in the mk1Octi vrs is another story entirely.

My only real grumble with the Fabia vrs HU is poor radio reception in certain areas. Before anyone says anything I know its the HU, I can listen to all radio stations programmed into my HU (mk1 Octi OEM) while sat on my drive at home however my wifes fabia vrs doesn't pickup any reception at all on our drive. This doesn't just apply to our drive either.

I think the OEM HU is good for sound, enough bass for me at low levels, but like you said the Radio's a POS, constantly cutting out every 10 seconds or so on some radio stations and downright refusing to find others :thumbdwn:

i have had my fabia for 6 months and found the head unit to be ok. but when you want to listen to some loud music it doesn't like it too much. But it is loads better than what i had in my last car (04 Vauxhall Vectra).

Mine is terrible, although i have a Pioneer HU, the front speaker is obviously blown, as i have the bass set at -2 and it vibrates like hell.

Mine is terrible, although i have a Pioneer HU, the front speaker is obviously blown, as i have the bass set at -2 and it vibrates like hell.

Passenger side? I think this is a common problem and the speaker may not be blown. There was a thread about two months ago saying it could possibly be the membrane inside the door vibrating but I haven't heard anything since.

Mine sounds like the speaker's blown and if I'm seriously bored over a weekend I might just take the door card off and have a poke around.

Drivers side on mine.

I've only just got the car, so cant compare to others either.

Make a hell of a vibrating noise though ! :(

Drivers side on mine.

I've only just got the car, so cant compare to others either.

Make a hell of a vibrating noise though ! :(

Yep, sounds like mine. I thought the speaker had blown until lots of other people piped up saying theirs sounded the same. It's probably a Fabia specific niggle, I'll have a look for that thread a little later and give it a bump.

Matt

Excellent.

Thanks Matt.

Mine sounds a lot better since I discovered the rear tweeter trick - can really turn it up now which is nice.

Excellent.

Thanks Matt.

I've had look but can't seem to find the exact one I was thinking of but a search threw up loads of other threads about the front speakers buzzing.

Concensus seems to be taking the doorcard off and adding some packing between the membrane and door card. (if I read them correctly)

Example 1

Example 2

I'm losing it, I'm sure there was a 'How to..' guide on here for the removal of the Fabia doorcards but endless searches reveal nothing. Strange :confused:

HTH!

Matt

edit: tfboy (Xavier) did do a 'How to..' with pictures and everything but his link to it just links back to the Disscussion Forum page. :confused: x2 now

The oem stuff aint bad for a manufacturer. I replaced the headunit and front components remivng the cross overs and rewired to run each tweeter off its own channel on a 4ch amp. The just set a sub box in the back wired to a mono amp.

Faded it to the front abit and seems pretty good. Not the biggest or best install but relitively cheap and does sound very good as you can get very could punchy notes from the front components. The sub box isnt really needed. A set of 6x9's would have easily of been good enough but i didnt want to cut the parcel shelf and it was just as cheap to set in a sub:D

I used to have a big SQ system in, but sold most of it to fund a house move.

I've got the standard system back in now, and I think its fine for standard and not bad enough to bother upgrading (for now).

I don't have to worry about it getting stolen, saves a load of weight and I've my boot back.

I do have a 45sq ft of Dynamat Xtreme on the front doors though, which makes a unbelievable difference